Watch Billie Eilish Strip Down ‘Hard and Soft’ Songs for Tiny Desk Concert

On December 15, 2024By Littum

Billie Eilish’s long-awaited Tiny Desk concert has arrived as NPR music shared the singer’s stripped down booth performance on Thursday.

“Wow. This is nerve-wracking,” Eilish told lucky NPR staffers between songs. “Little desk. It’s so cool, I’ve wanted to do this my whole life, so I’m a little shaken. I’m really excited to be here.”

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Together with her brother Finneas and a small backing band, Eilish delivered renditions of three Hit Me Hard and Soft songs – “The Greatest”, “L’Amour de Ma Vie” and an ending to her hit “Birds of a Feather” ” – plus ” I Love You” from her 2019 debut When we all fall asleep, where do we go?

“We’re doing an old one,” Eilish said before “I love you.” “This is one of our favorite songs that we’ve written… The first time I fell in love, it was very scary, and it’s funny how that fear never goes away, the feeling of falling for anything. “

Before the acoustic version of “Birds of a Feather”, Eilish acknowledged that the single just hit number one. Released in July, the song was one of the top songs of the summer and has received 2025 Grammy nominations for Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance.

Hit me hard and softand its tracks, have earned a total of seven Grammy nods, including Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album.

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